"Nushirwan Sends Mihran Sitad to Fetch the Daughter of the King of China"…(Recto), c. 1482. Creator: Unknown.

"Nushirwan Sends Mihran Sitad to Fetch the Daughter of the King of China"…(Recto), c. 1482. Creator: Unknown.

2-721-861 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

"Nushirwan Sends Mihran Sitad to Fetch the Daughter of the King of China" in the manuscript of Shahnama of Firdawsi Illustration and Text (Persian Verses) (Recto), c. 1482. The Iranian tendency to create conceptual space, symmetry, and decoration characterize this painting illustrating a scene in the life of the Shi’a Imam Ali, son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad. The inscription over the door reads "the just sultan."


Image Details


Medium
  1. Opaque watercolour, ink and gold on paper

Picture Type
  1. Manuscript

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4739x6668
File Size : 92,578kb


Aliases

  1. 1962.25.a
  1. 137323
  1. 0940015236
  1. 1962.25.a
  1. 2-721-861
  1. 2721861

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